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Five thematic focus areas

Five civic terrains where evidence matters most.

The Foundation's entire programme — research, polling, advocacy, capacity building, advisories and DemTech tools — is organised around five thematic areas. Each is led by a principal researcher, has its own multi-year agenda, its own research calendar, and its own portal of publications.

05 Each focus area is editable in the Foundation CMS — scope, sub-themes, lead researcher, recent publications and CTAs are all content-managed.
2026 research calendar →
FA.01 · Flagship

People & Democratic Governance

Parliaments, elections, local government, and the civil service — the institutions through which citizen will becomes public decision. Research, monitoring and reform advocacy on how well they work, and for whom.

  • Elections and electoral management
  • Parliamentary performance & legislative quality
  • Local government and devolution
  • Civil service reform and bureaucratic accountability
Latest: Legislative Performance Index '26
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FA.02

Citizens & Political Rights

The everyday rights that make citizenship real — to information, to vote, to associate, to be heard.

  • Right to Information (RTI)
  • Voter rights & registration
  • Civic space & freedoms
  • Minority rights
Latest: RTI Punjab — 5-year review
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FA.03

Consumer & Market

Market surveys, product-quality research and consumer protection — markets held to the people they serve.

  • Market & pricing surveys
  • Product quality testing
  • Consumer law & redress
  • Utilities & telecoms
Latest: Consumer-forum throughput audit
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FA.04

Workers & Industry

Giving voice to the formal and informal workforce that carries Pakistan's economy — at work and in policy.

  • Labour rights & protections
  • Workplace health & safety
  • Informal economy measurement
  • Wages, gig and platform work
Latest: Informal labour methodology note
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FA.05

People & Environment

Environmental governance grounded in lived experience — from smog-belt Punjab to flood-vulnerable Sindh to the glacier-fed north. Assessments, data and advocacy for a just transition.

  • Air quality & pollution
  • Water stress and governance
  • Climate vulnerability assessments
  • Just-transition policy
Latest: Smog belt — district exposure map
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Cross-cutting view

How the focus areas connect.

Each focus area runs its own programme, but the Foundation's six service lines and DemTech infrastructure operate across all five — producing comparable evidence, shared methods, and consistent civic outputs.

Focus AreaLead ResearcherActive StudiesOpen Datasets2026 Output
FA.01 · People & Democratic Governance[To be announced]0402Flagship report + 6 briefs
FA.02 · Citizens & Political Rights[To be announced]0301RTI tracker + 4 briefs
FA.03 · Consumer & Market[To be announced]0203Quarterly market index
FA.04 · Workers & Industry[To be announced]0301Wage census + 3 briefs
FA.05 · People & Environment[To be announced]0402Smog atlas + flood index
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